Just the other day, I was talking to one of my closest friends about how her love life was going. She told me everything was great; however, she felt as though her partner was not being as outwardly affectionate as he used to be. This was worrying her, and she said she wasn't sure what to do about it.

My friend and I then started up a conversation about relationships. After a while, she said something that truly shocked me. She told me, "I couldn't stop thinking about it... so I went on Google and typed in 'he doesn't hold my hand anymore...'" After that, I honestly just stopped listening. I was in utter shock that my beautiful, bright, admirable best friend was seriously Googling why her boyfriend wasn't holding her hand in public anymore.

Googling things is normal. Every time I start to feel a bit under the weather, I typically turn to Google to see why I'm feeling the way I'm feeling. I Google search for the news, directions to places, and movie times.

But Google searching things about love?

Love is an abstract concept. The feeling is different for everybody so everyone's experience is going to be different. There's no absolute definition or feeling of "love," because it's something that changes from person to person and from relationship to relationship.

There are even different types of love. You don't love your parents or your siblings in the same way you love your husband or your dog.

The truth of the matter is that the only way you'll ever truly understand why your partner is acting the way he/she is acting is if... you ask them.

90% of the time, when I pick up on something my significant other is doing that I find is out of the ordinary, he doesn't even notice he's doing it. He'll often say, "Oh I didn't even realize, but you're right."

Sometimes people have off-days. Sometimes, those off-days even turn into off-weeks or off-months. Like the saying goes, "If you don't love me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best."

I know it's easy to overthink when you're in a relationship, but that doesn't mean you should turn to random people on the internet for answers. The only people that truly know your relationship is you and your partner! Don't go looking for answers somewhere you won't find any.

Best friend, just because he stopped holding your hand does not mean your relationship is going downhill. But if you really feel as though you need to have a talk with him, then do it. You have every right to ask.

But please, have mercy, and stop turning to Google to find solutions for your relationship problems.